Post B377UsVmfdSx0J3cMy by ReadyKilowatt@noauthority.social
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 (DIR) Post #B377UsVmfdSx0J3cMy by ReadyKilowatt@noauthority.social
       2026-02-08T13:20:29Z
       
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       If they catch you, that is.https://www.flyingmag.com/drone-pilots-harsher-enforcement-faa-guidance/
       
 (DIR) Post #B377UuAEWjPq82zR3Y by commandlinekid@noauthority.social
       2026-02-08T14:16:19Z
       
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       @ReadyKilowatt What I don't understand is... everything in the rest of computers has a real version. Is there not an open-source version of drones? It's not rocket science
       
 (DIR) Post #B378u3kC95Y92CMwjY by black6@noauthority.social
       2026-02-08T14:32:05Z
       
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       @commandlinekid Pixhawk is the open standard that my drone flight instructor was involved with several years back. He was into building his own, high performance drones for aerial photography, videography, and inspections. @ReadyKilowatt
       
 (DIR) Post #B379mOf2aqEBXortw0 by ReadyKilowatt@noauthority.social
       2026-02-08T14:41:54Z
       
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       @black6 @commandlinekid Many of the US manufacturers use Pixhawk hardware and PX-4 software for their flight controllers. PX-4 is the MIT licensed fork of the GPL3 Ardupilot software. I have built a quadcopter and hexacopter using Ardupilot. They're not as easy to fly as a DJI drone, but there's support for all sorts of sensors and camera payloads. And an infinite number of tuning variables.https://dronecode.org